| abstract | - The 16th Century (XVI Century) lasted from 1601 to 1700. The 17th Century (XVII Century) lasted from 1701 to 1800. The following are events that happened within the 16th-17th Centuries:
* 1796: The Potawatomi Indian wife of du Sable delivers Eulalia Pointe du Sable, Chicago's first recorded birth.
* 1795: Six square miles (16 km²) of land at the mouth of the Chicago River are reserved by the Treaty of Greenville for use by the United States.
* 1779: Haitian immigrant Jean Baptiste Point du Sable establishes Chicago's first permanent settlement near the mouth of the Chicago River.
* 1705: Conflicts develop between French traders and the Fox tribe of native Americans. Fort de Chicago is abandoned.
* 1696: Jesuit missionary Francois Pinet founds the Mission of the Guardian Angel. It is abandoned four years later.
* 1683: French Jesuits establish Fort de Chicago, the area's first true European settlement.
* 1682: French explorer René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, passes through Chicago en route to the mouth of the Mississippi River.
* 1673: French-Canadian explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet, on their way to Québec, pass through the area that will become Chicago. This Chicago-related list is incomplete; you can help the Chicago Wiki by [ expanding it].
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